Thutmose was an
ancient Egyptian
vizier
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under
Amenhotep III, during the
18th Dynasty.
As vizier of the North (i.e. of
Lower Egypt), Thutmose officiated from
Memphis
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, while his southern counterpart was based in
Thebes. He was married to Tawy, and had at least two sons:
Ptahmose, who became
High Priest of Ptah
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in Memphis, and
Meryptah, who later assumed many titles such as prophet and chief steward of the
Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III
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.
Thutmose is depicted along with his son Ptahmose on a
false door-shaped stele now in
Florence
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(inv. 2565). He is mentioned also on a broken stele from Memphis, dedicated to his sons; the two portions of this stele are located in the
British Museum
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and in
Leiden
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respectively.
[Bosse-Griffiths, op. cit., pp. 56ff; pl. XIV.]
References
Bibliography
K. Bosse-Griffiths, "The Memphite Stela of Merptaḥ and Ptaḥmosĕ", ''
The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology
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'', Vol. 41 (Dec., 1955), pp. 56-63.
Viziers of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt
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